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William Perrot Esq., of North-Leigh in Oxfordshire ...

Latin Text: :

Gul: Perrot de North-Leigh in Com Oxon Arm: Vespertilionem ingentem Asiæ Incolam, Canem volantem dictum, huic Museo lautè favens contulit. Cujus Animalis Naturam ex Edvardi Historia Avium Tab.180. plenius investiget Lector.

Translation: :

William Perrot Esq., of North-Leigh in Oxfordshire, generously gave a giant Asian bat, known as a flying dog [ fox ], to this Museum. The reader may study this animal more fully in Edwards's History of Birds’ , plate 180.

Location: : Not listed in the 1836 catalogue. The present location of this object is unknown.

Year: : MDCCLXI (1761);  Page Number: : 24 (verso)

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